The top news around town today has been Frankenstorm Sandy,
though with the kids and teens; Halloween was still about a tie for the most
talked about topic.
Since Mom was keeping up with all of the storm news so that
she could direct some of our charity resources to where they were needed most,
I’ve been more informed about what’s been happening along the east coast than
most kids at school; and I helped out a bit while working on the family
business after school. Sandy really has
been a weird monster; with everything from storm surge, hurricane-force winds,
and rain along the coast; to blizzard conditions and two or three feet or snow
in the Appalachian Mountains.
Compared to that work, writing about something like our
Halloween costumes seems trivial, but for Rowen, Ethan, Ehlana, and me; getting
them finished tonight was fairly important.
The twins look adorable in their fluffy, white snowy owl costumes, and
Rowen and I could fit right in to any Hogwarts school scene – though there
wouldn’t actually be any eleven-year old Prefects in the books or movies. That would have worked out better in a few
years, but by then, Ethan and Ehlana probably wouldn’t want to dress up as our
snowy owls anymore.
The costume fitting really was something we just sort of fit
into the evening after dinner, and it was mostly a work night in the office for
Mom, Dad, and me. Ethan and Ehlana were
with us for most of that time; and they happily did some studying on their
iPads while we were busy. I wrapped up
my family business work when it was time to get them ready for bed, and have
been taking care of my usual nightly computing while relaxing in my
Jacuzzi. It’s time to get out of the tub
and get off to bed, so I’m going to wrap this up.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
